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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Sheep Killed on Warrana Station, Coonamble Town Dogs Responsible

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 3

Last week Mr. R. V. Hole discovered eighteen sheep killed and a number of others badly mauled in three different…

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Wool Classes to Be Opened in Gilganbra

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 7

Mr. F. G. Wilson, of the Sheep and Wool Department of the Sydney Technical College, was in Gilgandra on Tuesday and…

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Very Quiet To-day's Wheat Market Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 1

The local wheat market was very quiet to-day. Bulk parcels were quoted at 4/5 per bushel and bagged lots at 4/6…

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Sudan Grass Mortality in Cattle Information for Western District Owners

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

At a meeting of the Dubbo Sub-District Council of the Agricultural Bureau on Saturday, discussion took place over cattle mortality…

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Grass-seed Abscesses In Cattle Sometimes Confused with Tubercular Growths

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

Requests are periodically made to the Stock Branch of the Department that cattle suspected of being tuberculous might be…

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Wool Selling Prospects Mill Turnover and the Market

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 11

As a result of the slightly better feeling in Europe a brightening in the demand for wool has been experienced, and…

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Wheat Investigations By Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

In its annual report of wheat investigations carried out during the year, the Council for Scientific and Industrial…

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WASTAGE In the Sheep Industry The Loss Due to Bacterial Disease

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

The wastage in the sheep industry, due to disease of one type and another is considerable, and on seme properties makes all the…

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Loss of Sheep Through Eating Cathead Fifty Ewes Succumb At Coonamble

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 3

Mr. L. McAlary, of "Raeburs," Coonamble sustained a severo less in stock recently, Incharge of his drover a mob of…

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Boy's Nose Broken at Prison Farm Mother's Allegation Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 1

When Colin Gasnier (16) pleaded guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day, to shopbreaking, his mother alleged that he had been…

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Ill Treatment Boy Absconded from Gosford Farm Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 1

When Colin Gasnier (16) pleaded guilty at the Sydney Sessions this morning to a charge of shopbreaking, his…

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Information Wanted Stubble Sown Crops

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

Mr. R. A. Boyle, MSc, who superintends the field work for the manufacturers of sulphate of ammonia, and whose own demonstrations…

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DAIRYING Encouragement of Clovers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

The most outstanding plant for sowing Amongst paspalum, is a persistent strain[?] of certified of white clover (Trifojium…

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The Farmer's Lament

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 10

Under its spreading hopeless debts The farmer's homestead stands; Its lord a mournful man is he As he ploughs his mortgaged lands…

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Victorian Farmers Make Money From Stubble

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 2

Some farmers in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, instead of burning their stubble, are at present harvesting and selling it. Packed in…

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Coonabarabran Annual Show Record Entries and Big Gates Fine Display of Farm Produce and Live Stock

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 7

First on the calendar of shows In the Castlereagh group, Coonabarabran P. and A Association’s 57th exhibition on Tuesday and Wednesday was a notable event, indicating the rich resources of the district…

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Assistance for Distressed Farmers. Narromine F. AND S. Associations Plea. Aim For Reduction In Hail Insurance Costs

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 1

Two matters of great importance to residents throughout the district were brought up by Mr. A. B. Dundas at Saturday's meeting of the Narromine branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association. Because hail is so seldom experienced here, Mr. Dundas considered…

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Wool Statistics

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 5

Statistics compiled by the, National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australian show that 774,081 bales of greasy and scoured…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 5

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired as follows on Wednesday:—We sold 7500 bales of wool at our Sydney sale to-day. The upward…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 4 March 1938 · page 7

The Farmers & Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 22nd instant. We submitted at our sale on…

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